Raffi at 19:20, 22 September 2009

2009-09-22T19:20:58Z

Envoy at 15:18, 11 April 2007

2007-04-11T15:18:42Z

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''This page is about the tree. For the band of the same name, see [[Wild Cherry (band)]]''.
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Wild Cherry
| image = Prunus avium fruit.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Wild Cherry foliage and fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Prunoideae]]
| genus = ''[[Prunus]]''
| subgenus = ''[[cherry|Cerasus]]''
| species = '''''P. avium'''''
| binomial = ''Prunus avium''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

The '''Wild Cherry''' (''Prunus avium'') is a species of [[Cherry]], native to [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]] (also known as the Sweet Cherry). It is a species in the subgenus ''[[cherry|Cerasus]]'' with [[flower]]s in [[corymb]]s, and is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 15-32 m tall. It is the species from which most sweet cherry [[cultivar]]s are derived. In addition, ''[[Prunus serotina]]'' is also called Wild Cherry.

The [[leaf|leaves]] are simple, 7-14 cm long, with a serrated margin. The [[fruit]] are 1-2 cm in diameter, variably sweet to somewhat [[astringent]] and bitter to eat fresh; they are also readily eaten by [[bird]]s.

It is also sometimes known as '''Gean''' or '''Mazzard''', both obsolete names little used as common names in modern English, though more recently, 'Mazzard' also refers to a selected [[self fertile]] cultivar that comes true from seed, which is used as a seedling [[grafting|rootstock]] for fruiting cultivars.

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Image:Prunus-avium.JPG|Flowers and leaves
Image:Prunus_avium1.jpg|Foliage and fruit
Image:Wild Cherry Leaf 600.jpg|Leaf
Image:Prunus spec-1.JPG|Flowers, leaves and trunk
</gallery>
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Image:Kirschblueten 2048.jpg|Flowers
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{{Commons|Prunus avium}}

[[Category:Cherries]]
[[Category:Flora of Armenia]]

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-''This page is about the tree. For the band of the same name, see [[Wild Cherry (band)]]''.
+__NOTOC__{{Plantbox
-{{Taxobox
+| latin_name = ''Prunus avium''
-| color = lightgreen
+| common_names = Wild Cherry
-| name = Wild Cherry
+| growth_habit = ?   <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
 | image = Prunus avium fruit.jpg
-| image_width = 240px
+| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
 | image_caption = Wild Cherry foliage and fruit
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+| familia = Rosaceae
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+| subfamilia = Prunoideae
-| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
+| genus = Prunus
-| ordo = [[Rosales]]
+| subgenus = Cerasus
-| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
+| species = avium
 }}
-The '''Wild Cherry''' (''Prunus avium'') is a species of [[Cherry]], native to [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]] (also known as the Sweet Cherry). It is a species in the subgenus ''[[cherry|Cerasus]]'' with [[flower]]s in [[corymb]]s, and is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 15-32 m tall. It is the species from which most sweet cherry [[cultivar]]s are derived. In addition, ''[[Prunus serotina]]'' is also called Wild Cherry.
+Mazzard stocks, mostly imported, are used as stocks for cherries, although Mahaleb is more popular with propagators because (like the Myrobalan plum) it is easier and cheaper to grow, runs more uniform and is capable of being budded through a long season.
-The [[leaf|leaves]] are simple, 7-14 cm long, with a serrated margin. The [[fruit]] are 1-2 cm in diameter, variably sweet to somewhat [[astringent]] and bitter to eat fresh; they are also readily eaten by [[bird]]s.
+There are many ornamental forms of the P. avium, as: var. pyramidalis, Hort., tree making a pyramidal crown; var. pendula, Hort., with drooping branches (Gn. 59. p. 267) ; var. variegate, Hort., with yellow and dull white markings on the foliage; var. asplenifolia, Kirchn., with deeply toothed and cut lvs.; var. plena, Hort., with double fls. ; var. salicifolia, Dipp., with very narrow lvs. P. Fontane- siana, Schneid. (Cerasus Fontane-siana, Spach. P. graeca, Desf.), is probably a hybrid of P. avium x P. Mahaleb, like P. avium in habit: young branchlets pubescent: lvs. about 4 in. long, differing from those of P. avium in the more crenate gland-tipped serrations: does not produce fr. To P. avium are to be referred such garden names as P. angustifolia, P. heterophylla, and others-
-It is also sometimes known as '''Gean''' or '''Mazzard''', both obsolete names little used as common names in modern English, though more recently, 'Mazzard' also refers to a selected [[self fertile]] cultivar that comes true from seed, which is used as a seedling [[grafting|rootstock]] for fruiting cultivars.
+Var. Juliana, Bailey (Prunus Cerasus var. Juliana, Linn. Cerasus Juliana, DC.). Heart or Gean Cherries. Fr. heart- shaped, with soft flesh, as in the varieties Governor Wood, Black Tartarian, Black Eagle. These are the Guigniers and Heaumiers of the French. A weeping form is known as P. Juliana var. pendula.
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 Image:Wild Cherry Leaf 600.jpg|Leaf
 Image:Prunus spec-1.JPG|Flowers, leaves and trunk
 Image:Kirschblueten 2048.jpg|Flowers
 </gallery>
-{{Commons|Prunus avium}}
+==References==
-[[Category:Cherries]]
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Wild Cherry - Revision history

Raffi at 19:20, 22 September 2009

Envoy at 15:18, 11 April 2007